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Balloon Race

Kleurrijke ballonmolen waarin je boven de kermissfeer van Samson & Marie zweeft.

Balloon Race is een zachte familierit met kleurrijke luchtballonnen die langzaam stijgen, draaien en weer dalen. De attractie voelt vrolijk en overzichtelijk, waardoor ook jonge kinderen makkelijk kunnen instappen zolang er begeleiding mee is. Door de hoogte en het ronddraaien krijgt de rit toch net genoeg luchtigheid om meer te zijn dan een gewone draaimolen.

Normal 5 min
Average 6 min
Highest measurement 25 min Measured at 20-07 15:11
Type Ride
Category Family ride
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Coaster profile

Classification

Scale low
Official type Balloon ride
Official area Fairground of Samson & Marie
Minimum height None listed
Adult accompaniment Required under 120 cm
Manufacturer Zamperla
Ride model Balloon Race
Opening year 2001
Theme Samson & Marie fairground balloons
Primary source Plopsaland official attraction page

Notes

Officiele Plopsaland-informatie bevestigt begeleiding onder 120 cm en het Samson & Marie-thema. Coasterpedia/Wikipedia noemen Zamperla, Balloon Race en openingsjaar 2001; er is geen exacte openingsdatum als datumveld gezet.

Theming

Samson & Marie-kermissfeer met felgekleurde hete-luchtballonnen als voertuigen.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now 5 min
Normal 5 min
Average 6 min
Highest measurement 25 min Measured at 20-07 15:11
Measurements 4650
Outage measurements 2
Avg. outage duration 8 min
Often busy 10:00 5 min average
Often quiet 10:00 5 min average
Reliability High 4665 measurements, 12 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

4650 measurements

0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min
Min
0 min
Q1
5 min
Median
5 min
Q3
5 min
Max
25 min

Typical wait time: around 5 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 5 min.

See more than 5 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 5 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

2 outages

0 min 3 min 6 min 9 min 12 min
Min
5 min
Q1
6 min
Median
8 min
Q3
9 min
Max
10 min

On average, an outage lasts about 8 min.

In three out of four cases, the attraction reopens within 9 min.

If it takes longer, expect extra waiting time.

Outages per day

1 day

0 1 2
Min
2
Q1
2
Median
2
Q3
2
Max
2

On days with outages, we see an average of 2 per day.

That usually falls between 2 and 2.

On quiet days it was 2, on busy days up to 2.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 19:00